help, non linux knowledgable user trying to install rwhois

[Kris Deugau]

Michael R. Overholser wrote:
> Sorry about that, when I try to get it to  run, it says it cannot access
> rwhoisd.log
> 
> I am running fedora core 5

Okay, you're probably using the built-in logging system - check for 
these directives in rwhoisd.conf:

use-syslog: NO
default-log-file: /path/to/rwhoisd.log

Personally, I prefer to use syslog instead of having too many daemons 
handle their own logging - Apache is really the only regular exception.

That said, check the permissions on whereever your logfile is pointed 
to.  If you're running rwhoisd as a separate user (you probably should), 
that user will need full permissions to the directory the logfile is in.

Since you're on Fedora Core 5, you may also need to look out for SELinux 
issues;  I haven't had a dev environment with SELinux support until very 
recently, and none of the servers support it either.

-kgd